posted on 2016-02-19, 11:59authored byV.K. Puthiyapura, Daniel J.L. Brett, A.E. Russell, Wen-Feng LinWen-Feng Lin, Christopher Hardacre
Pt and PtSn catalysts were studied for n-butanol electro-oxidation at various temperatures. PtSn showed a higher activity towards butanol electro-oxidation compared to Pt in acidic media. The onset potential for n-butanol oxidation on PtSn is ∼520 mV lower than that found on Pt, and significantly lower activation energy was found for PtSn compared with that for Pt.
Funding
The authors acknowledge the financial support from the EPSRC (EP/K014706/1)
History
School
Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
Chemical Engineering
Published in
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Volume
51
Issue
69
Pages
13412 - 13415 (4)
Citation
PUTHIYAPURA, V.K. ... et al., 2015. Development of a PtSn bimetallic catalyst for direct fuel cells using bio-butanol fuel. Chemical Communications, 51(69), pp. 13412-13415.
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Publication date
2015
Notes
This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Royal Soicety of Chemistry under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/